Across
- 7. controversy over the contributions of biology (genes) and experiences in the development of psychological traits and behaviors (psychology's biggest issue)
- 10. the science of behavior and mental processes
- 12. the principle that nature selects the traits that best enable an organism to survive and passes them on to future generations
- 14. view that psychology is an objective science that can only observe behavior
- 15. complimentary views of psychology, from biological to psychological, to social-cultural for analyzing any given situation
Down
- 1. study of behavior and thinking with experiments
- 2. early school of psychology that thought you could decode the mind by just thinking about it (Descartes)
- 3. branch of psychology that studies the roots of behavior and mental processes using the principals of natural selection
- 4. branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior
- 5. the focus on the current environmental effects on a person's growth potential
- 6. study of brain activity linked with mental activity and how we perceive, process, and remember information
- 8. branch of psychology that studies how the body and brain enable emotions
- 9. view that knowledge comes from experience and science should rely on observation
- 11. an approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
- 13. school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function and how these enable us to adapt